CHURCH FLOWERS AND 1ST DRESS FITTING

 6 weeks until the BIG ceremony.....Dress fitting number one!

 The church has beautiful flower arrangements that we get to use for FREE!!!!!  This swag will go above the arch!

 This table and arrangement will be for the unity candle!

There are 3 of these huge arrangements that will be used!

THE WEDDING CEREMONY IS JUST OVER 6 WEEKS AWAY!

Yesterday and today, we worked on planning of the table numbers, table menus, donation cards (in place of favors), ceremony programs, updating the bridal registry, food for the bridal shower coming up, food for rehearsal dinner and food for the church family open house the day after the wedding..... and collecting pictures of Caitlin and Joey from birth until present for the slide show! (Whew...I am tired!) On Wednesday, Caitlin goes for her bridal dress fitting!  Things are moving along!  :-)......and she has talked to Joey on the phone for longer periods of time these last few days, now that he is done with boot camp.  He comes home in 3 weeks!

NEW HOME!!!!

 

Caitlin and Joe were preapproved for a loan and Caitlin found this home.  The house was on a short sale for 170,000. 00, last year (meaning the bank was willing to take this lesser price even though the original loan amount exceeded well over 200,000.00).  When it didn't sell as a short sale, the bank repossessed it and the kids bid 94,900.00.....AND GOT IT!  It has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, living room, family room, kitchen, dinning room, office, first floor laundry, 2 stall attached garage and a basement.  Their offer was accepted a few days ago!  Now all the paperwork begins.  We are hoping they can take possession before the wedding in August!

THIS KITCHEN IS BEAUTIFUL!  It is my favorite part of the home!

Dinning Room.  Caitlin wants to repaint.  She isn't crazy about the blue.

 The 2.5 bathrooms!

Familyroom

Formal livingroom (sitting room)

Basement and Garage!

Master bedroom, with master bath (jacuzzi tub, separate shower) and a walk-in closet.  There are 3 more large bedrooms on the second floor (hot pink, army green and bright blue....I see some more painting in my future!).

WOWOWOWOWOW!  They sure are lucky to be starting out like this and sooooo young to boot!  Something to be very proud of!

NURSING LICENSE! (RN BSN)

NURSE SUPERVISOR!

FIRST DAY ON HER NEW JOB!

ONE OF MANY GIFTS!

NEVAEH, COURTNEY AND CAITLIN

THE BRIDE AND FLOWERGIRL!

BRIDAL SHOWER #1

MORE GREAT NEWS!!!

CAITLIN STARTS HER FIRST FULL TIME NURSING JOB ON MONDAY! WE ARE SOOOOO PROUD OF HER!

INTRODUCING AVERY RAE!

GREAT NEWS TO SHARE!

Today is a GREAT DAY Caitlin passed her nursing exam and is a licensed RN BSN !!! And.....Her best friend Audra is having her baby. Life is WONDERFUL!...If she could only share this news with Joey right now.....Sharing the news with him in a letter is the next best thing!

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE :-(

THE HAPPY COUPLE!

STYLIN THE ARMY GLASSES!

ENJOYING TIME TOGETHER!

THE FIRST KISS AFTER HOW MANY DAYS???

ON BASE WAITING TO SEE JOE!

WE ALL MISS YOU, JOE!

Military Man!

Caitlin is visiting with Joey this weekend. When Nevaeh (15 months
old) saw his picture on Facebook she said, "Uncle Joey!".

GUESS WHO LEFT TODAY TO SEE HER MILITARY MAN?!

Caitlin left today with Vickie and Joe to see Joey!  He has 36 hours of family leave time this weekend.  I will post pictures soon!  (2 months and 5 days until the big wedding ceremony!)

INVITATIONS ARE DONE AND MAILED!

These were a lot of work.... Vickie, Caitlin, Grandma Betty and I worked on them for several days... Approximately 160 invitations were mailed today!  A huge thank you goes to Vickie for taking on this huge undertaking.  THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!

LESS THAN 3 MONTHS AWAY- INVITATIONS!

 This invitation was a practice one!  We will post the completed ones when we are done!

 Vickie cut and creased all of the paper!  Bless her!

 Vickie found this template online!  Caitlin's invites will look something like this when all said and done!

 Caitlin stamped the envelopes and Grandma Betty addressed them!

Nevaeh (14.5 months) "helped" Auntie Cait while she stamped the treat bags!

CAITLIN'S CREATIONS FOR AUDRA'S BABY SHOWER!!!

Caitlin is sooooo talented!  She made the cake and all the decorations!!!

BABY SHOWER FOR AUDRA (MATRON OF HONOR IN WEDDING)

This is just a small clip of Nevaeh helping Aunt Caitlin making baby shower favors!  She helped for a long time and was very patient when Aunt Caitlin couldn't get the lid on!

MORE PINNING AND GRADUATION SHARING!

This is the recognition brochure for the pinning ceremony :-)

 This is Ashland's emblem and the pin below is the emblem that Caitlin received.

 

During graduation this sign became a live video stream of the ceremony for all to see and others to link into while at home on the internet!

 It was a thrill to see Caitlin's name in this graduation pamphlet!

We are all sooooo very proud of Caitlin!